Improvement in plows



G. W. PARISH.

PLOW.

No". 184,e57.

Patented item-21, 1876,

ATTORNEYS.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFIoa.

GEORGE W. PARISH, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 84,657, datedNovember 21, 1876; application filed August 19, 1876. 4

the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, with a portion ofthe land-side of the plow broken away;

Fig. 2, a rear view of the plow proper, showing the slotted plate.

The object of my invention is to provide a I plow separate and distinctfrom the beam,

stock, and handles, as an article of manufacture, which shall be soconstructed as to be quickly, easily, and substantially attached to theordinary scooter stock now in common use, whereby a single frame of thescooter pattern may be employed with different forms of plows, and allthe advantages of the turnplow and other forms made available withoutpurchasing a plow complete, with stock, beam, handles, 8w.

To this end my invention consists in constructing the plow with aplateextending from the mold-board to the land-side at an angle correspondingto the inclination of the stock, and slotting the said plate with anopening into which the bolt of the scooterstock passes, so as to engagewith the plate and hold the plow securely to the stock, as hereinaftermore fully described.

In the accompanying drawing,A represents the beam, B the handles, and t)the stock, of the pattern known as the scooter-stock, the same beingpivoted at a to plates attached to the rear end of the beam, andprovided with an angular brace, b, arranged with a screwnut, to regulatethe inclination of the stock, which is rabbeted at its lower end andprovided with a screw-bolt, c, for receiving either the ordinarycultivating-shovels or my improved form of plow. This, together with theclevis at the front end of the beam, constitutes the well-known andcommonly-used form of plow-frame, for which my plow is more particularlyadapted. D is the improved plow,

which is of the type known as turn-plows, and in general form does notdiffer materially fromthose already in use, the same being made with amold-board, d, detachable point e. and detachable land-side f, the pointand land-side being made detachable, as usual, so as to permitreplacement by new ones when worn out.

To adapt this form of plow to the scooter form of stock, as hereinbeforedescribed, and which is in use in all of the Southern plantations, Iextend a plate, D, from the moldboard to the land-side of the plow,which plate may be either cast with the plow or made in a separate pieceand bolted to the same.- In this plate I construct a slot, 9, which atone end is large enough to admit the head of the bolt 0, and at theother end is smaller, being of a size only large enough to receive thestem or shank of the bolt.

When the plow and frame are to be con-. nected, the stock is applied tothe plate, and the head of the bolt is passed through the larger portionof the slot, and its shank then slid intothe narrower portion, so as toallow the head of the bolt to lap over the metal of the plate, whichbolt, when screwed up and tightened by the nut, serves to hold the plowfirmly to the stock.

This construction of plow is simple, its manner of adjustment easy, and,while its attachment to the stock necessitates no alteration or injuryto the latter, it at the same time enables the farmer to avail himselfof the uses of all the forms of plows Without the expenseof buyingframes for each.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is As a newarticle of manufacture, a plow havinga plate extendingfrom themold-board to the land-side, which is provided with a slot having alarge and small end adapted to receive the head of a bolt and secure theplow to the stock, substantially as described.

GEO. W. PARISH. Witnesses:

. SoLoN G. KEMoN, EDWD. W. BYRN.

